Probably not too many people around the world celebrated November 1st, 2023, but on this momentous date FreeBSD celebrated its 30th birthday. As the first original fork of the first complete and open ...

One is the world's oldest Linux distro, the other isn't Linux at all. Each delivers superb stability - let's compare.

While the Unix operating systems Solaris and HP-UX are still in active development, they’re not particularly popular anymore and are mostly relegated to some enterprise and data center environments ...

It took careful work to recover the UNIX V4 operating system from the 9-track magnetic tape. The software is foundational for ...

Will Unix be enough to grow a new crop of Apple customers? That's the question Apple Computer will begin to address Monday at its weeklong Worldwide Developer Conference in San Jose, Calif. By ...

Takeaway: Unix’s rock-solid reliability means that its relevant now more than ever – and Linux puts Unix’s power within reach. Unix has been around for a very long time. We remember the rampant ...

Mac OS X has a UNIX-based foundation, called Darwin, which evolved from a joint effort by Apple engineers and programmers in the Open Source software community. Darwin is distributed under Apple’s ...

Macintosh servers and workstations might not be the black sheep of network and systems management any longer. The reason, IT executives say, is that a new version of Apple’s Unix-based operating ...

The command-line terminal is still one of the most popular features of Linux, even though graphical interfaces have been common in desktop computers for decades. There are a few reasons for the ...